The invite went unanswered
After five days the sequence branches and sends a free InMail instead of giving up on the contact.
Open Profile InMail NEW
A free outreach channel your competitors are walking past
Roughly a fifth of LinkedIn Premium members leave Open Profile on, which means anyone can message them for free. Quicklead detects them automatically and messages them inline with your campaigns.
Zero InMail credits No connection needed 23% median reply rate 100-150 extra prospects/seat
Open Profile detectionFree channel
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Reachable free
0
InMail credits used
23%
Median reply rate
Detected at import, sent inline with the normal sequence
What you get
Why teams turn this on first
Completely free, Open Profile messages consume no InMail credits and need no Premium seat for the sender
No connection request required, skip the invite queue entirely for these prospects
Automatic detection, Quicklead checks every imported lead and flags who is reachable this way
Runs inline with your sequence, set it as the fallback when an invite goes unaccepted for five days
23% median reply rate, roughly double standard cold InMail, because you are not competing with a credit budget
100-150 extra prospects per seat, per month, reached at zero marginal cost
How it works
Four steps, then it runs
Import your list as normal
No extra step. Quicklead checks Open Profile status for every contact during import and enrichment.
Prospects get flagged
Anyone with Open Profile enabled shows an Open Profile badge in the lead list, alongside their ICP score.
Add the step to your sequence
Drop an Open Profile InMail step in as a parallel branch, or as the fallback when a connection request is ignored.
Messages send at no cost
Free InMails go out inside your normal sending windows, with the same AI personalization as every other message.
Quick answer
Open Profile is a LinkedIn Premium setting that lets anyone message that member free, with no connection request and no InMail credit consumed. Around 18 to 25% of Premium members leave it on. Quicklead detects those profiles automatically at import and messages them inline with your normal campaign, adding roughly 300 to 400 extra reachable prospects per seat each month at no cost.
- Included on
- Every plan
- Setup
- Automatic, nothing to configure
- Works with
- Standard LinkedIn or Sales Navigator
- Runs
- 24/7 in the cloud
1,800+
Daily active users
30%
Average cold reply rate
10-30
Meetings / seat / month
4.8/5
Rating on G2
The difference
What changes when you turn it on
Doing it by hand
- Invite ignored means the prospect is gone
- InMail credits rationed at roughly ten a month
- Premium seat needed to message strangers
- No route to people who never accept
With Open Profile InMail
- Around a fifth of them can be messaged free
- Zero credits consumed, no cap
- No Premium needed on the sending side
- A second route built into the same campaign
In practice
Three ways teams actually use it
Senior audiences
Executives skew heavily Premium, so detection rates on VP-and-above lists run well above average.
You have no InMail budget
The whole channel is free on the sending side, so it costs nothing to add to an existing campaign.
What Open Profile actually is
It is a LinkedIn Premium setting. When a Premium member switches it on, any LinkedIn user can message them directly: no connection request, no InMail credit consumed by either side. It exists precisely so those members can be approached openly, and roughly 18 to 25% of Premium members leave it enabled.
You are not working around anything. You are using a feature LinkedIn built, with a recipient who deliberately opted into being contacted.
Why no other tool does this
Detection is the hard part. Open Profile status is not exposed in bulk anywhere, so it has to be checked per prospect during import, at a rate that does not trip platform limits. That is an infrastructure problem rather than a feature decision, which is why the rest of the category has walked past a free channel for years.
Quicklead checks every contact on the way in and flags the reachable ones automatically. Across our campaigns these messages return a 23% median reply rate, roughly double standard cold InMail, because the recipient is self-selecting as open to it.
Which plan includes thisOpen Profile InMail is available on every Quicklead plan. Pricing is per LinkedIn account and you can add seats at any time, see pricing for the full plan comparison.
Reviews
What customers say
Verified reviews from teams using Quicklead every day.
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★★★★★
LinkedIn outreach made super easy! The customer support is excellent. Anytime I had feedback, Parth was there to listen. They actually ship what users ask for.
Domenico CoppolaroSaaS Account Executive
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Quicklead is one of the best lead-generation tools I have used for LinkedIn so far. The interface, onboarding, and affordability surpass most other tools. I definitely recommend it to any lead-gen agency like mine.
Cyprian SundayFounder, Realtorbuddies
★★★★★
Saves me hours on LinkedIn outreach. The automated sequences run while I focus on closing. Having everything in one tool instead of juggling three is a game changer.
Ashok ChandrapalFounder, Practivo
★★★★★
Very easy to use and it saves hours on LinkedIn outreach. The automated sequences, Smart Inbox and dashboard make it easy to see exactly how campaigns are going.
Akshay SainiCEO & Founder, Serverwala.com
★★★★★
What I like best is how easy Quicklead makes LinkedIn outreach. Setting up campaigns for connection requests and follow-ups is simple and efficient. The clear dashboard makes it easy to track results.
Jay NayakSEO Lead
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Where to go next
Benchmarks
What good looks like for Open Profile InMail
Quicklead figures are averages across active AI-personalized campaigns in Q1 2026. Category figures are public industry benchmarks. Your results depend on offer, list quality and account standing.
| Metric | On Quicklead | Typical manual outreach | What drives the gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connection acceptance rate | 38% | 20-25% | Warm-up steps before the invite |
| Cold reply rate | 30% | 8-10% | Opener written from the profile, not a template |
| Open Profile InMail reply rate | 23% | n/a | A channel most tools do not detect at all |
| Meetings per seat per month | 10-30 | 4-8 | Only ICP-scored leads enter the sequence |
| Hours saved per rep per week | 10h | 0 | Sequences run in the cloud, 24/7 |
FAQ
Open Profile InMail questions
It is a LinkedIn Premium setting. When a Premium member turns it on, any LinkedIn user can send them a message directly, free, no connection request, no InMail credit consumed by either party. Around 18-25% of Premium members leave it enabled.
Yes. Open Profile exists precisely so that members can be contacted openly, and the sender does not need Premium. You are using a feature LinkedIn built and the recipient deliberately switched on.
Detection is the hard part, Open Profile status is not exposed in bulk, so it has to be checked per prospect at import without tripping rate limits. We built that. As far as we know Quicklead is still the only LinkedIn automation tool that does it automatically.
Typically 15-25% of a Premium-heavy list, which works out to roughly 100-150 extra prospects per seat per month for most teams. Senior B2B audiences skew higher.
Yes, a 23% median reply rate across Quicklead campaigns, roughly double standard cold InMail. Recipients who enable Open Profile are self-selecting as open to being approached.
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